Author Archives: Mark Wells

The Geff Ruritan Club will be hosting the 1st annual Toy Tractor Show on Saturday, April 5th from 9am to 4pm at the Geff Ruritan building. Vendors will be on hand to show their tractors, farm machiner...

Martin Donnie Plemmons, age 82, of Louisville, Illinois, passed away early Thursday morning, April 3, 2025, at Axiom Gardens of Flora. He was born May 26, 1942, in Marshall, North Carolina, the son of...

South Central High School has a new Boys Basketball Coach in Landon Zurliene, a native of Fairfield. Growing up in Fairfield, he excelled at the grade school and high school level, and also played AAU...

A West Virginia teenager found himself in a sticky situation on his way to Utah around 5 am Thursday morning, ending up in the Skillet Fork backwater after his GPS directed him to exit I-64 and naviga...

Frontier Community College Bobcats Head Volleyball Coach, Chet Snyder has announced the hiring of Kera Vinson as the program's new Assistant Volleyball Coach. Vinson officially began her duties on Tue...

Pictured L to R: Karmyn Duncan, Carlin St. Ledger, Jake Wiseman, Brayden Sanford, and Abby Gill     Wednesday, Edwards County FFA members and other ECHS students competed in Envirothon at Ri...

Boyleston Water Works will have its annual meeting Thursday, April 17th at 6:00 p.m. in the board room of Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative, 1501 West Main Street in Fairfield, Illinois. Elect...

Hamilton Memorial Hospital District (HMHD) is proud to announce that its Laboratory has earned The Joint Commission's prestigious Gold Seal of Approval Accreditation, a symbol of excellence that demon...

The Edwards County Clerk's Office is now offering a free service to Edwards County residents that helps protect residents from potential property and mortgage fraud.   PropertyCheck will automati...

The 2025 Illinois spring trout fishing season starts tomorrow ( Saturday, April 5th) at 5am featuring opportunities at 58 lakes and ponds across the state, including Sam Dale Lake in Wayne County. &nb...